No, this fear is still very much alive, even in my generation who was alive back then, but too young to really remember.
Chernobyl is the defining moment of the anti-nuclear movement (and I'm not only talking about active protestors like in Lüchow-Dannenberg, most Germens have some of it inside themselves, even if they don't actively march on the streets).
It is really hard to overestimate the effect of the word "Chernobyl" in Germany.
> Chernobyl is the defining moment of the anti-nuclear movement
The movement is much older. I remember, that the anti-nuclear movement was already very active and in heat around 1980-82 (Biblis). The broad public, the mainstream, started accepting this threat with Chernobyl.
That makes it the defining moment, IMO. I did not say the "starting moment" or something similar. There is simply nothing that compares.
Not by the populace tough. I mean our politicians were happy to kill off the planet 30 years ago until many citizens started to protest for environmentaly concious politics. Now its mainstream in German politics and almost all other countries start similar programs currently. I mean even the US starts to hear the bells ringing in the last couple of years and is implementing policies that they shoul've implemented 30 years ago.
In addition I might add that we are sourrounded by countries that we don't trust to be able to feed their citizes reliably. Less so when it comes to reactor security.
> In addition I might add that we are sourrounded by countries that we don't trust to be able to feed their citizes reliably.
I beg your pardon?
Tschernobyl was almost forgotten, at least by the politicians in power, but then Fukushima happend.